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Inserting standards - old and burned out

Posted: Jul 23, 2012

Our facilities have many docs who say "insert my standard." Yesterday I got a new one which was beyond belief. The format was wrong; the PE was double spaced instead of single. Some of the headings were capitalized and some were not. There were spelling errors. No Murmurs, Rubs or Gallops appeared like so, etc., etc. Someone somewhere had to produce this PE and this is what the hospital is using as their standard. Next time I get a piece of crap like this, they are going to get it exactly as they produced it.

I was told to contact QA lead if there were errors - but not to change them!

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My QA person said that the facility put in the standard and that is how they want it and not to change it, but if I noticed an error, I should contact the QA lead and they will contact the facility to see if they wanted it changed.

I wouldn't stress over this. You cannot get marked wrong on an audit for a standard.

And... - Old MT

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Things are also back-end formatted, and who knows, maybe something turns up okay on the other end. Also, the dictator may just want things his or her way and that's it. I would not change anything on a standard, and there is no way that you could get marked down unless it's something you typed or re-formatted.

I would not touch a thing if I were you. If it makes you feel better, contact your "person" and let them know.

Evidently different CCM - told us it was our responsibility

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to correct the standard if something was wrong with it. She said we were ultimately responsible for any errors in finished report. Nobody is responsible for doing their work right but us. ASR is crap, standards are crap, but no one is held accountable but us. Sucks

Your CCM is wrong. Ask your QA lead. Those stardards come - from the hospital directly

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You are not supposed to change the standards at all. The QA staff is supposed to. I have reported several and some changes were made, but some things the client wants left the way they want it.

I once worked for "the big one" and transcribed exclusively - sm

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operative reports. One of my accounts was a group of bariatric surgeons that had more than 20 standards each. I had been an MT for many years and would never put my name to a standard report unless I read the entire report and made corrections. What I did was correct the standard and save it by doc and # to autocorrect. I did report to my superiors but got basically the same response as others have, the hospital sent it, leave as is. I just could not do it any more but my conscious is clear.

I tell my QA lead but I would also correct it and save it - all about time and money

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Whatever it takes..I have doc names in the alt+n function that are wrong, and ya know what, I leave em..havent heard anything yet..I document the error, send a email to QA (document and save that email) and move on.. And they wonder why my line counts rot...

whenever I report a standard error to QA - downtime

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they kind of act like I need to get back to typing and mind my own business.

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